#C8A43E#C8A43E

#C8A43E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.125 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A43E
RGB	rgb(200, 164, 62)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 2.36, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 55.81, 87.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0018 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.125 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9664, 39.1804, 10.1193)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A43E #3E62C8

analogous

#C85F3E #C8A43E #A7C83E

triadic

#C8A43E #3EC8A4 #A43EC8

tetradic

#C8A43E #3EC85F #3E62C8 #C83EA7

square

#C8A43E #3EC85F #3E62C8 #C83EA7

split-complementary

#C8A43E #3EA7C8 #5F3EC8

monochromatic

#6D581F #9C7F2D #C8A43E #D6BA6E #E3D19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C8A43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C8A43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A43E

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A43E	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 164, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.125 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe79',
    500: '#c8a43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a43e;
$custom-light: #ddbe79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.348,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73267,
    "c": 0.12525,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A43E

secondary

#92A2CF

accent

#70DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A43E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →